Xie Mulin took Zhu Pei, the lord of Yongping, back to his courtyard.

The county lord of Yongping looked around, and then looked through the books on Xie Mulin's bookshelf with great interest, and became interested in the names of some of the books: "Why do you have so many reading notes here?" Did you write it all down after reading the book? What does that mean? Civil engineering...... Is it the meaning of building a house? Do you also like to study how to build a house? ”

Xie Mulin reluctantly took two plates of dim sum from Xiang Tao's hand and put them on the table: "The county lord just asked to come to my house so anxiously, but when he arrives at the place, he is not in a hurry, and he doesn't say why he suddenly came to the door today, he only looks through my bookshelf, what are you doing here?" ”

The county lord of Yongping put down the notes in his hand, returned to sit next to the big kang under the window, and glanced at the two plates of dim sum: "What is this?" I've never seen this pattern, and it smells pretty good. ”

Xie Mulin said: "This is a new dim sum newly developed by my fourth sister and cousin. I thought it was okay to eat, and I was thinking about asking the county lord to taste it, when the county lord came. It's freshly made, with rice cake crust on the outside, mixed with some milk, rose filling and mint filling on the inside, and some dried fruits mixed in it, which doesn't look so sweet. My four sisters are thinking about making peach blossom stuffing again! ”

The lord of Yongping County picked a piece and ate it, and immediately smiled and narrowed his eyes: "The rose filling is too common, the mint is very good, I don't like peach blossoms, but I am interested in trying the lotus filling, and it is refreshing to eat in summer." Sister-in-law asked your sister and cousin to study lotus filling, right? ”

Xie Mulin also picked a piece of dim sum and took a bite: "Then we have to wait until the lotus flowers bloom in the summer." Where can I find lotus flowers, lotus leaves, lotus canopy, or something? ”

After eating the mint-filled snack, the county lord of Yongping picked another piece of pastry with a faint red color, guessing that it was a rose filling, hesitated, but still took a bite, and at the same time took out a letter from his arms and pushed it in front of Xie Mulin: "The letter that my brother just came from was sent to the palace early this morning." ”

Xie Mulin was suddenly pleasantly surprised: "It turned out to be a letter from Second Brother Xiao!" Thank you for sending me a letter. As he spoke, he took the letter and opened it.

"My brother wrote back and said a lot of big news. I have a stomach full of things I want to talk to people, but my father and mother have a lot of things to do, and they don't have time to pay attention to me. I looked around and didn't find a suitable person, and remembered that my brother still had a letter to you, so I simply asked Aunt Qiongye for an envoy to deliver a letter to you, and came over. The county lord smiled and said, "Isn't my sister-in-law very good to you?" In return, my sister-in-law asked your sister-in-law to make a few more pieces of dim sum and let me take them back and taste them slowly, right? ”

Xie Mulin put down the letter with a smile and said, "What's so difficult about this? They have done a lot today, saying that they want to set the style of the flower cake and adjust the proportion of dried fruits, which is only afraid that they are still steaming new ones. I'm going to let people take it, it's just ...... After all, this is a new type of pastry that has just been developed, and the ratio of ingredients has not yet stabilized, so not every cake may taste the same delicious, maybe it will be too sweet, or there will be less dried fruit......"

Without waiting for Xie Mulin to finish speaking, the county lord of Yongping waved his hand: "What is this?" Different tastes are interesting to eat, but if they are all the same, it is easy to get bored. But I heard that Xie Yingfen and Yang Yuan were still changing the recipe, and the county lord couldn't sit still, "I think it's good to put more dried fruits, peanuts are very fragrant, and the mint flavor is not bad, don't be too sweet, it's easy to get tired when it's sweet." Alas, where are they doing this? Why don't I go over and have a look and let them make a pot according to my taste? ”

This is better, let the county lord of Yongping personally watch the food to be made, naturally it is safer.

Xie Mulin asked Xiang Tao to lead the county lord of Yongping to Xie Yingfen's courtyard, where the small kitchen for making snacks is now located. Xie Yingfen has also met the county lord several times, and Yang Yuan is generous and lively, so he must not care about adding a new guest? However, taking advantage of the gap between the county lord of Yongping to watch the pastry making, Xie Mulin happened to read the letter in his hand.

Xiao Rui's letter was written seven days ago, when he was already preparing to leave the capital by boat with the Queen Mother and the eldest princess of Yongning, and went north along the canal. Therefore, when Yan Wangfu received this letter, he had actually walked a long way, at least he had already passed Yangzhou City, even if the Queen Mother and the eldest princess's family were interested in playing in Yangzhou City, there was enough time.

The people who traveled north with him were not surprisingly the ones mentioned before, among them, the Huangyan Pavilion was successfully selected, and the quota for further study in the Hanlin Academy had been set, and they could enter the library to study only after the three-month family leave was over. Xiao Rui mentioned this brother-in-law in the letter, and he was also signaling Xie Mulin to remind the family to start preparing for the wedding of his eldest sister Xie Yinghui. If there is no accident, Xie Yinghui will marry Huang Yan in May at the latest, and she will return to Beijing with her husband soon after the marriage. The sisters' families have not been together for long.

When Xie Mulin saw this, he sighed secretly, although he was reluctant in his heart, he didn't feel sad, he was more happy for his eldest sister. The eldest sister's marriage is smooth, and the eldest brother-in-law has a bright future, which means that they will have a smooth life in the future, and their relatives should naturally rejoice for them.

In addition to Huang Yan, on the ship of the Queen Mother's northbound journey, there is also a guest with a noble status who must temporarily keep his whereabouts secret, that is, His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince!

Xiao Rui successfully persuaded the emperor and the queen mother to let the four princes go north with the queen mother, temporarily leave the disturbances in the capital, and hide quietly. As for why the four princes were allowed to keep their whereabouts secret for the time being, it was for the sake of the safety of the four princes.

It is said that not long ago, there were several small accidents in the palace that may threaten the personal safety of the four princes, although no evidence was found for the time being to prove that these accidents were deliberately carried out by people with intentions, but for the sake of safety, the emperor still relented and let the youngest son out of Beijing. Externally, he only announced that the four princes were ordered by the queen mother to go to Putuo Mountain to pay tribute to the Buddha and repay, in fact, only the inner servants in the queen mother's palace, the palace people and the two cronies around the four princes went to Putuo Mountain. After the four princes left Beijing, they hid their identities and hid in a manor of the Yongning eldest princess's concubine family, and waited until the queen mother sailed out of Beijing before meeting the queen mother at a certain pier.

Both the Empress Dowager and the Emperor hoped that the four princes would at least wait until the fleet reached the northern boundary before revealing their true whereabouts, so as not to cause harm to someone who heard the news. When the four princes arrive at King Yan's territory, then safety can be guaranteed. Under the nose of King Yan, no one could threaten the personal safety of his own nephew.

Xiao Rui did not go into detail about the dangers that the four princes encountered in the palace, but only reminded Xie Mulin not to spread the word about this matter, even his parents and relatives. Anyway, when Xie Pu needs to know, King Yan will naturally tell him. During their stay in Beiping, the four princes may also visit the Yamen of the political envoys to learn some experience in governance. Of course, these Yanwang mansions will arrange themselves, and there is no need for Xie Pu and the Xie family to worry about it.

Xiao Rui mentioned himself again. This time I went to Beijing to seek an official knighthood. His purpose was also achieved, but unfortunately, he was not directly canonized as the prince of King Yan, but was awarded another title of county king - Yong'an County King.

His identity was also officially revealed, and the name on the jade was also made public. From then on, he was no longer Xiao Rui, but Zhu Rui.

The concubine of King Yan, Zhu Rui, the king of Yong'an County.